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PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 26, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. OURWEN, OF HAVERFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. BRILL,OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1907.

Application filed November 26, 1906- Serial No. 845.015.

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL 1N1. CURWEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Haverford, county of Montgomery, and State ofPennsylvania, have made a new and useful Improvement in Cars, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to improve on the type of cars shown inthe United States Patent to Ezra S. Bucknam, No. 800,717. In thisBucknam patent is shown a structure in which an inside parting strip isused on the stanchion which may serve to guide the lower edge of thelower sash when it is raised into the roof pockets, and this insideparting strip must be removed before either of the sashes can be removedfrom the car.

The object of my invention is to do away with the need of an insideparting strip, and dispense with it altogether, if desired, and to makea construction in which the two sashes may be removed from each windowwith a minimum of trouble and delay. This object is accomplished by myinvention, one embodiment of which is hereinafter more particularlydescribed.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which: I

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a car provided with my improvement.Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1, exceptthat the sashes are shown in their elevated positions. Figs. 4 and 5 aresectional perspective views taken on the lines 44 and. 55 of Fig. 3,looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a View, somewhatenlarged, partially in section, showing a portion of a sash and sashlock, parts being broken away to show the construction more clearly.Fig. 7 is an elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 6, thestanchion being omitted. Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of amodified form of pintle.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

My improved car is provided with the usual stanchion 1, roof 2, headlining-3, and upper and lower sashes 4 and 5, respectively,

all of which maybe the same as in said Bucknam patent, except for thedifferences hereinafter noted.

The stanchion 1 is provided with an outside parting strip 6 which hasthe usual shoulder 7 on which. the upper sash 4 is adapted. to rest;this sash is hung from the rail 8 which is secured at both ends, and thesash 4 is hung by means of the hanger 9, of the conventional form. 'Thesash 4 is also provided with a flange 10 which are adapted to entergrooves 11 on thedower sash 5 and to guide the" movement of the lowersash when it is raised abreast of the upper sash. If desired, thegrooves 11 may be omitted and the flanges 10 be extended to embrace theentire edges of the lower sash. The surfaces of the stanchions are thesame throughout, except for the outside parting strip 6 and two grooves12 and 13, respectively, the groove 12 being the usual curtain groove,and the groove 13 having a straight and vertically disposed groove inwhich slides a pintle 14 near the lower edge of the lower sash. In thebottom of this groove 13 are bolt holes 15, which are adapted to receivethe pintle 14 and to sustain the sash. A number of these are employed,so that the sash may be held in any one of several positions.

The bolt or pintle 14 is preferably mounted to slide in the casinglaterally, with the movement of the sash and between the perforation 16in the edge of the sash and the lug 17. A collar 18 with an upwardlyextending tooth meshes with a corresponding tooth on the cam 19, whichhas a second tooth which meshes with a smaller one on the hand lever20.A spiral spring 21 about the bolt, one end of which rests against thecollar 18, and the other against the lug 17 holds this outwardly, sothat it is always actuated by a handle 20 in one direction only andagainst the action of the spring 21. As this construction is identicalwith that in the conveniently near the lever 20 so that the sash may bereleased and raised with one hand at each corner, it being understoodthat each lower edge of the sash 5 is provided with a bolt 14. However,while this is the practical construction, it is obvious that it may bechanged by having a fixed pintle 24 on an angle plate 25, held by screws26 to the lower edge of the sash 5. If this latter construction is used,other means must be utilized to hold the lower sash in an elevatedposition, such as a catch in the outside parting strip, or a bolt.

In Fig. 3 is shown a dotted line indicated by the character a. Thisdotted line indicates the nearest approach to the edge of the post ofany portion of the sashes in their movement from their lowest to theirhighest positions, and vice versa. If the parting strip were placedoutside of this line, that is to say, between this line and the inneredge of the post, neither of the sashes would, in any way, impingeagainst it, while being shifted, as above mentioned.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it isobvious that it is not restricted to this precise construction, and maybe changed so as to employ its essential characteristics withoutsacrificing its advantages.

What I claim is 1. In a railway car, a plurality of stanchions providingwindow frames, and having an outer parting strip and flush innersurface, said car being provided with pockets adjacent the roof andabove the window openings, a plurality of movable sashes adapted to bestored in said roof pocket, a guide rail in the roof pocket, means onthe upper sash for engaging the guide rail, means on the upper sash forguiding the lower sash, the said stanchion being provided with avertically disposed groove, and a pintle on the lower part of the lowersash adapted to move in said stanchion groove, the lower sash beingguided thereby.

2. In a railway car, a plurality of stan chions forming window frames,and having an outer parting strip and flush inner surface, said carbeing provided with a pocket adjacent the roof and above the windowopenings, an upper and lower sash adapted to be stored in said roofpocket, a guide rail in said roof pocket, means on the upper sash forengaging the guide rail, means for causing the lower sash to engage theupper sash so as to be guided in relation thereto, the said stanchionbeing provided with a vertically disposed groove near the outer edge ofthe stanchion, and a pintle on the lower portion of the lower sash whichtravels in the vertical groove and guides the lower sash.

3. In a car, a plurality of stanchions forming window frames, said carbeing provided groove running into the said roof pocket, and

a pintle on the lower portion of the lower sash which engages in thesaid groove and,

guides the lower ends of both the lower and upper sashes.

4. I11 a railway car, a plurality of stanchions providing a Windowframe, said car being provided with an upper sash chamber, a guide railin said chamber, an upper sash provided with means for engaging theguide rail, and provided with flanges, a lower sash adapted to engageand to be guided by the said upper sash flanges, the stanchions beingprovided with a vertical groove, and a spring actuated and manuallyoperated movable pintle entering said groove and secured to the lowersash, to guide the latter.

5. In a car, stanchions providing window frames and having an outerparting strip and inwardly projecting flush surface and having avertical groove adjacent the parting strip, said car being provided withan upper sashstorage chamber, a guide rail in said storage chamber,upper and lower sashes adapted to move on the flat opposing surfaces ofthe said stanchions and to lie against said outer parting strip, ahanger on the upper portion of the upper sash suspended fromsaid guiderail, angular flanges on the sides of the upper sash, the upper portionof the lower sash engaging with said flanges and guided thereby, andpintles secured to the lower portion of the lower sash which move in thesaid vertical stanchion grooves and guide both sashes.

6. In a car, a plurality of stanchions forming a window frame, said carbeing provided with pockets under the roof, a guide in said roof pocket,upper and lower sashes, means on the upper sash for guiding the lowersash, means for causing the two sashes to move together when they aremoved to an overlapping position, means on the upper part of the uppersash for suspending the sash on said guide rail, the stanchions beingprovided with vertical grooves, and flush inner surfaces, each groovebeing co-extensive with the window opening, and pintles on the lowerportion of the lower sash which move in the stanchion grooves and guidethe sashes.

Signed this 23rd day of November, 1906.

SAML. M. CURWEN.

I/Vitnesses:

WM. M. FLOYD, Jr., H. A. IIEULING.

